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these challenges, do you want to back away or take charge? with a degree in the field of healthcare or nursing from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to advance your career while making a difference in the lives of patients. let's get started at capella.edu. >>> time now to take a look at the top cnn trends on the web this morning. >>> do not pass go. do not collect 200. your favorite monopoly piece could be forced to go to jail forever if you don't vote for it. >> hasbro, the maker of the board game, is replacing one of the tokens with one that is, quote, more representative of today's monopoly players. and it wants fans to vote on facebook for the piece they want to save. voting ends. >> i like to save all of them except the thimble. >> i would save the dog. save the little dog. >>> reportsative lion -- speaking of dogs, reports of a lion on the loose in norfolk, virginia, turned out to be slightly exaggerated. some people called 911 to report a lion roaming the streets. >> i would like to report a lion sighting. >> i just saw an animal that looked like a small lion, had the mane and

. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> most of the kids were excited a policeman told nbc news about the more than 400 children of sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut who returned to class thursday, in a different building for the first time since the december 14th mass shooting that took the lives of 20 of their classmates. the newtown shooting galvanized the country's debate over gun violence and gun control. the violence continued at a steady pace. since the tragedy on december 14th. at least 18 people per day on average have been killed nationwide as a result of a fatal shooting. at least six people were shot to death between december 14th and the end of the year in detroit. a city in which 2012 was one of the deadliest in deck kalds. 12 people before decemb

for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health risks. but she's still going to give me a heart attack. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> three weeks from today the swearing in of president president obama. this year two times the fun. the president will be sworn in on january 20th as dictated by the constitution. since the 20th falls on a sunday that ceremony will take place at the white house. there will be a second more public inaugural ceremony at the u.s. capitol the next day, monday january 21st. >>> let's take a look at other stories. apparently americans are not the only ones excited about the president's inauguration. ♪ four years have passed but president is still the man ♪ ♪ >> the irish group is at it again with the second song for the president. the first song went viral and earned the duo an invitation to the president's inauguration. this time the president's distant cousin will present a copy of the new song to the president for which he was given a co-writer credit. we'll find out for sure if formerer

across body lines on veteran bills bills to support military healthcare, they were straight. they were honest. when they said what they wanted to do, one could count on that, and we were very effective together. since then he has been involved with my organization and a strong voice on international issues he's an independent thinker and gives straight talk. that's what we really need in leadership in our country. >> john: please stay here, and we'll welcome joe williams, sam seder, thank you gentlemen great to have you. let me put it out to you. what do you think sam and joe do you think the g.o.p. option opposition to hagel the same as against obama he's soft on iran? >> it's partly that. there is also maybe perhaps some resentment towards hagel for being a little bit of a natural genuine maverick. i'm a he not saying that coincidentally, but this is the republican party trying to set upup the parameters of what the oh obama foreign policy is going to be in the years to come. they're concerned that the obama administration is going to start to take a more stringent line with israel,

patients at an urgent healthcare city. >> in a typical year you would see two or three cases but today we are seeing over 20 to 30 cases a day. >>> new york state reports 20,000 cases, the flu is spreading fast in the city. >> coughing, sneezing and being in close proximity to someone with those symptoms you can contract the flu. >> the outbreak in new york state officials have declared a public health emergency. new york's governor has suspended a law that limited where children could get vaccinated. now kids between the ages of 6 months and 18 years of age can come to pharmacies like this and get the flu shot. it may not be easy to find. >> i had to get prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot and they are out of flu shots. >>> although there are reports of shortages, the stores and clinics are restocking. this year manufacturers shipped 130,000 doses. the flu season can last through march so doctors say it is not too late to protect yourself. erica ferrari for cbs news new york. >>> rain is making an impact, the bayer building forced to vacate because of a slippin

-- marriages conclude. they will keep it from recognizing those marriages for anything including healthcare and taxes. >>> the board of supervisors will be sworn in. here is a glimpse of normanee who brings the total number of 5 out of 11 seats. >> i think it is about time and it is great to have this representation. >> there is a whole representation where public policy those that they are leaning where they ought to be. >> the other supervisor is london breed and her experience growing up in a public housing complex shows us more about the city's most disadvantaged residents. >>> and oakland city has one of the largest changeovers in reason history. swearing in ceremonies were held in for the new city attorney and mayor jean quan praised outgoing council members for making quote, a progressive green city. >>> it was an unexpected jolt and this happened moments after they got their vows. >>> the severe weather months ago that injured five people. . >>> take a look at this, scary moments for some people in new jersey, they were riding an escalator and the one they were riding that was going

healthcare costs. >>> it is getting more expensive to rent office space there. new figures show it jumped 27% last year compared with the same period a year ago. the average rent was almost 49 dollars per square foot. analysts say the high price may slow gains in the city as companies look elsewhere for more affordable rents. >>> students, teachers and staff members at the city college of san francisco gathered for a rally this morning. >> ---school- >> the group is outraged over the response to the crisis that could shut down that college. this week they asked for a extension to solve its financial and management problems. school board has warned if it fails to show improvement it could have its accreditation revoked and shut down. the former san francisco niners owner is one vote away from the hall of fame. he is among the finalists named today for the hall of class. it will be determined then. other former 49ers on the list are charles haley, kevin green and larry allen. >>> 49er fans and the city are gearing up for the game against them. coy tower and that are light up to show that, t

the state has added beds and built or renovated healthcare facilities and that's helped to solve the problem here. now, federal judges presented the state with a deadline, midnight last night to file plans for further reducing the prison population but instead, state attorneys filed a motion hours before the deadline saying the requirement for acceptable prison healthcare has been met. governor brown wants to get out from under the court order that requires california to spend more than $440 million a year sending inmates to prisons in other states. the governor has also said that the court-ordered reducks could release drugs -- reduction could release dangerous or violent inmates. the population has been reduced by 24,000 inmates since october 2011. federal court orders found the state was putting inmates in unsafe conditions. federal officers say the governor will hold a press conference, two of them, one in los angeles and one in sacramento to trump his efforts. we will be following it and let you know what he has to say. live from san quentin state prison, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel

legislation to improve reliability and healthcare child care programs and protect consumers and regulating lock submit and tatoo parlors but with a ms. miles will be leaving after ten years of service she has been a personal friend and mentor to me and she has spend a lot of time mentoring a lot of people in this particular champ better and she is a woman that, that i respect and it's a privilege to be able to present to her colleagues here on behalf of all of us we would like to congratulate you for recently completely ago term of the charm state assembly and the frank board of supervisors in recognition of your dead carted support and helping democratic woman this is for you my friend. congratulations you have around this.. >> actually i think there are other supervisors that would like to comment. >>> supervisor kim. >> speaking as another female elected i have always appreciated that you have mentoring those of us who are entering into the field after you and not a lot of elected officials do that to give their advise and support and i appreciate the support that you have given t

are the ones who pay a portion of our income for robert attacks; we are the teachers, healthcare professionals, caregivers. we also have 5000 more kids on average in district 11 than in other places in san francisco. 5000 more kids. don't have the investment in education that we need to have. we don't have the opportunity for education and employment again people need. -- there is so much more to do. we are seeing great changes in san francisco. we are seeing great economic changes in san francisco. we have done a lot of work on the board to pave the way for these new economic changes. we have given economic tax breaks for the new companies starting up in the city; we have changed our business taxes well. a lot of these changes are changes that affect big business in san francisco but we need to do more to make sure that we support every day businesses. we are seeing higher income people; (indiscernible) i really believe that san francisco needs to do something deliberate, specific that measures how people on the bottom rung are getting by in a better way. it's not enough that we

and demise your passion around a number of issues here in san francisco whether it was a pension a healthcare reform or whether it was planning. and i sat in on a counsel meeting one day on an item being held at the committee and the meeting was going long and we were going into public comment and one of your staff members came in and brought in the book from the e i r and you flipped to one of the pangs and start reading and i thought wow you are actually reading the entire e i r because i think most of us skim through the e i r's and skim through and but i doubt that most of us go through the e i r's and you turned to me and said, this is actually my third time reading it. that was a standard you set a bar for me when you is he that to me and that was a bar that i felt i had to be able to come close to may be not the third time but, i really do respect that. i have always admired your dedication and the faint that you don't lie to come in unprepared to an ortho argument and i do apologize that i was not able to replace chris daily in that role to continue the lively debates and discussio

, formally known as catholic healthcare west. we've changed our name about a month ago. we have been in the city about as long as did the government. about 1854. we represent a handful of organizations which are still in san francisco operating continually over 150 years to provide all of us service. in our case, its health care at st. francis and st. mary's hospital. our familiarity with the county and government starts from the very day that the sisters of mercy, who came over from ireland, got off on a clipper ship down by north beach. within a day, they got a knock on their door where they were staying. it was members of the san francisco board of supervisors who came to ask them to open san francisco general hospital, which they did. they ran it for four years until a very familiar thing happened, and that was the county board of supervisors had a dispute about how to pay health care bills. the sisters said we've had enough of that and went on to create st. mary's hospital. as you can see, very familiar with how the city works. even then, over 150 years. it is an important issue

their legislative representatives. >> brown says the problems with the prison healthcare system have been solved making the court order unnecessary but the supreme court backed the court ruling capping prison populations and federal judges won't consider raising the cap. >>> two years ago a gunman opened fire on a campaign event outside a tucson grocery store killing six, injuring a dozen including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. since then there have been 11 mass shootings and a call for change from the white house. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: bells rang out this morning in tucson, arizona, marking the moment when a gunman opened fire two years ago today. six people were killed and 13 injured including former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. today, giffords and her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly, launched a new political action committee aimed at reducing gun violence. last week, giffords met with new york city mayor michael bloomberg a gun control advocate. the group he founded, called demand a plan, is airing ads with the mother of t

rights, epa healthcare act that even ted kennedy said his biggest regret he didn't embrace nixon's health plan. they have gone so far to the right. >> john: but he hated blacks and jews rest in piece mr. nixon. dean and scott, and the lee three of my favorite new york politico medians. thank you so much for joining us. up next, happier news, same sex weddings, guess who is flipping out. that's up ahead. >> john: tonight's commentary, church is so gay. specifically the cathedral church of st. peter and st. paul known as the national cathedral in washington, d.c. the beautiful neo-gothic house of worship is the sixth largest cathedral on earth. teddy roosevelt was there when they began building it in 1907, and george wh bush was there in 1980. congress has dedicated the cathedral as the house of prayer and helen keller is buried on the ground. but today the cathedral made history when they announceed they'll host same sex weddings. now predictably many of our right wing blogger friend are acting like dc didn't make same-sex marriage legal but mandatory. imagine they can marry who they want

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't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> we've been talking about this terrible story out of ohio and the 16-year-old girl at the center of an alleged rape case. also the young men accused of this crime. we want to reiterate that they are innocent until proven guilty. let me bring in dr. cheryl arutt and dr. drew pinsky. dr. drew, let me ask you this. what's disturbing is the fact -- >> everything. >> -- that there was enough wherewithal for these young men to tape what was going on, to record, to document, to take photos. what was their mentality? what was going on in their minds or was nothing going on? >> well, deborah, here's the deal. i think we all -- all of your viewers need to step back

on her... but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health risks. but she's still going to give me a heart attack. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> our second story, another high profile woman steps aside. the president's secretary resigned, one of eight women and her resignation comes the same day an image caught our attention "the new york times." this shows, this is why i said the frame. like the frame of the picture. the president is meeting with his top advisers. now, valerie jarrett is in that picture. hold it up. do you see her? i see a lot of white guys, but if you take a closer look, you can see a portion of her leg, wow, really? whoever found that works hard. okay. there's that guy's butt and her leg. now, the picture was taken about two weeks ago, but shortly after the picture was published, this was the white house photo of the day. the president and his senior advisers. three women in the picture, all very visible. "outfront" tonight, charles blow

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out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> welcome back. for many people, today's the first payday of the year but the checks are lighter than usual. the american taxpayer relief act that helped the country avoid the worst of the fiscal cliff did not include an extension of the payroll tax holiday so the fica tax going up to 6.2%. so just how much is that for the average worker? joining me now with details, cnbc's eamon javers. i went on social media and couldn't believe how many people are talking about this. sticker shock and ticked a few folks off. >> yeah. absolutely. tamron, it can be a real mit to the wallet. the temporary payroll tax cut as you say enacted under president obama died at the end

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♪ ] >> jennifer: we have good news and bad news tonight on the cost of healthcare in america. first, the good news. according to the obama administration the rate of increase in healthcare spending went up 3.9% in 2011. a mall amount. it's the same increase that we saw in 2009 and 2010. for the record those are the lowest up ticks in more than half a century. pretty good. now for the bad news. anthem blue cross wants to hike their premiums by 26%. insurers in florida and ohio have already increased patients' rates by 20%. how is this happening and what can be done to stop it? we're going to put those questions to dave jones, who is leading the charge against the wild rate hikes that the insurance companies are planning. he's coming to us from sacramento. dave welcome inside "the war room." >> a pleasure to be with you jennifer. >> jennifer: tell us for people who have not been following this, why are these rate hikes happening in some states and not in others? >> the problem in california and other states is that there is nothing in the affordable care act or in state law that gives the insurance

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't just the debt of healthcare or social issues. they were most concerned these candidates were going to take america back to the failed policies of the past. these independent women across the country want to move forward. they want to see a new future for themselves and for their families. they do not want to roll the clock back on americans in this country. so women recognize that the total mad men agenda, if i dare call it, of the g.o.p., they didn't want expect rejected it. the women voted -- voters turn out at the polls and voted for women with the right priorities, and i say this coalition is strong and going to grow because the country feels good about sending these strong democratic women to washington, and they know it's going to make a difference. it's a historic year and we're going to use it to lay the foundation for years to come. we're in this for the long game. this isn't about one election for us. we've already been looking at opportunities for 2014. there are 38 governors. up for governor seats, up for elections between now and the election. and those are critical ra

states can pursue if we are given the freedom and flexibility to do so. on the health-care fund, governors are also tackling one of the fastest growing drug problems of the century, and that is the abuse of prescription drugs. initiative, chaired by the governor of alabama seeks to develop and implement a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to reduce prescription drug abuse across seven participating states. the lessons learned from this initiative and its conclusion will be shared with each state, helping us to showcase effective policy to treat addiction, enforce the law, and better protect against prescription drug abuse from experts. i hope i have made it clear -- at it is. i hope i have made it clear that the states and the nga can be significant partner in health care and deficit reduction, but we are also partner in one of our greatest priorities to the national security. governors remained committed to the members of our armed services, especially the men and women of all or national guard, who play a critical role in responding to emergencies at home, and suddenly fight

, 75-year-old map saying i want to get government out of my healthcare. of course government is already in their healthcare through medicare. the reason we have medicare is because of the democratic party in the 1960s under lyndon johnson that put that through. we have social security because of the democratic party in the 1930s under fdr. so there's a rich tradition of doing these kinds of things by the democrats. there's no doubt the party is not as populist based as it once was. whether the country as a whole has shifted that much or whether they were reading the wrong clips in the media, frankly i'm not sure we can tell you what it was but there definitely has been a shift in that sense. >> host: this e-mail from ron, all of your subjects seem to be basically revelations of corruption of american stereotypical ideal. what you believe is more the norm, corruption 0 idealism? aren't you driven to be per reppally pessimistic about the future of america by your work? >> guest: i don't see how -- anybody could be anything other than pessimistic when you look at healthcare, which is -- it

-- requiring vaccinations. as a health-care worker, i used to work in hospitals. i will leave the hospital that it was required, because i have learned so much about what is in vaccinations and how little they protect people. i would hope c-span would have someone on like researchers who have done a lot of studies on vaccinations and their adverse effects and to provide an opposite view. host: margaret, that's why we are talking to all of you, because we are trying to get different viewpoints from people across the country. what is in these vaccinations? caller: i have some information here about what is in vaccines. for instance, the influenza virus vaccination, types a and b are produced using formaldehyde, paula sorbates 80, paula phosphates -- polysorbate 80, polyphosphates, and monkey parts and aborted fetus tissue. crossing monkey kidney cells or chicken cells, we are crossing species. host: where did you get this information? caller: this one came from the internet. there was a web site materodoc.com. also, a lot of information i got is from neilzmill z. miller, his book called "vac

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for ten years and no healthcare. if he gets sick he has to work through the sickness, and that's not the america that i think of. and so i'm really hoping this week, to finish the overly long answer -- is to really bring more attention to these problems, and right now, this session, congress is going to be debating cults in the snap -- cuts in the snap program, and in this time of austerity we can't be dumb and cut things that are long-term benefits. entitlements are investments in our society and we should prioritize these things, federally and actions locally. >> mayor, you were speaking in your forward about the small actions that people took to help your father. talk about the small actions that people take that can help homeless young people. can you talk about how that works in the city? >> first of all, i have had lots of conversations with people who quote-unquote have made it. who when they're in tough times, like tyler perry who was homeless, living in a car. to people i know throughout my community who have gotten broken drug addiction, who have dealt with brutal, br

not then -- for their healthcare, it had not an increased in more than a decade. we got congress to agree in increases in pharmacy co-pays and at causing people to make better use of mail order and generic. overall, we tried to slow the growth in dod health care. i mention some of the fee increases. we have also sought and achieved major changes in the way we pay healthcare providers. for example, using medicare rates to pay for outpatient care and the department of defense. we were not doing that a few years ago. some initiatives for making better use of defense resources have been oriented toward improving -- we are committed to achieving auditable financial statements. the first time, we have a realistic plan to accomplish what is a very major task. auditable statements will help us improve our business processes. they will help reassure the public that we are good stewards of their funds. more disciplined use of resources. we need to consolidate the structure, we are engaged in restructuring our civilian personnel to try to reduce their numbers. looking at a restructuring of the military help system. i recogn

's healthcare and aeu borings provider received mourn half a billion dollars in taxpayer money last year. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. this report that crossed a short time ago that is planned parenthood received $542 million in government funding and subsidies at the same time their abortion services increased while their cancer screening and prevention services apparently dropped. martha: that has got even a lot of attention this morning. i'm joined by jonah goldberg editor at large of the national review and a fox news contributor. good morning. what is your take on this? put it in perspective for us. >> i think this is one of those things that is going to put planned parenthood back in the crosshairs of washington again at one point soon. mitt romney had one of the great lines from an otherwise not so great campaign, i said i'm not going to spend money tph-pb anything that on anything i don't think i should borrowing from china. we are buying big chunks from china to pay for abortion. whether you're pro-life or pro-choice, the idea of planned parenthood is anything other

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by tax, spending and healthcare policy uncertainty." the consequence: lower economic growth and millions of potential jobs lost. now if our government can just get its act together, provide some clarity and then get out of the way of the private sector then maybe our economy can get roaring again, just like it used to. i'm simon constable. >> tom: finally tonight, a twitter inspired term garnering new fame: the american dialect society named "hashtag" its word of the year for 2012. for those who don't tweet, hashtag is the practice used on twitter for marking topics with a hash symbol (#) followed by a word or phrase. the runner ups for word of the year included: fiscal cliff, gangnam style, and marriage equality. past winners include, occupy, tweet, and bailout. that's "nightly business report" for monday, january 7. have a great evening everyone, we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the program, complete sh

on the nasdaq. the healthcare sector led the gains, up 1.1%. the industrial sector finished higher by 0.9%. yesterday's big loser among industrial stocks was today's winner: boeing. the company was out defending its marquee plane, the dreamliner 787, after three issues in as many days this week. shares rebounded 3.6%. volume doubled. today the chief engineer for the program expressed confidence the 787 is safe. the other big winner in the sector was industrial equipment maker danaher. shares are at an all-time high after the firm raised its financial forecast for the fourth quarter. among the health care stocks rallying was medical device maker stryker. it makes replacement knees and hips. preliminary quarterly results were encouraging after a recent slowdown blamed on weakness in europe. shares moved up to a new 52 week high. u.s. sales had been under pressure as well from insurance companies becoming more conservative in paying for elective replacement surgeries. the fight for clear-wire is on. clear-wire is a wireless broadband technology company. sprint owns half of the company and

.4 billion in healthcare costs, according to the centers for disease control. but this year is expected to be far worse. that figure does not include the cost of lost worker productivity. >> reporter: to make matters worse, many employees are reluctant to call in sick, for fear of losing their jobs. so they continue going to work, delaying their recovery and infecting others. some businesses have so many sick workers. they're severely understaffed and are scrambling for back-up plans. >> it's a perfect storm. companies are already quite lean in terms of their abilities to duplicate work if somebody is out. and this year's flu season isç three times what the normal levels are for flu. >> reporter: doctors also have some recommendations forç companies trying minimize the impact of the flu on theirç workforce. >> if your employee is sick, they should stay home. you should recommend that your employees get the influenza vaccine, if they haven't done so already. >> reporter: and that's advice i personally took to heart today. erika miller, "n.b.r.," the bronx. >> tom: the u.s. trade ga

their own health a lower-cost through a leading consumer driven health-care program. i think, like all virginians, maureen and i were shocked at the tragic news that came out of sandy hook elementary school a month ago. 26 people, including 20 precious, beautiful young children, were senselessly killed. while some evil acts can never fully be understood by us, we must be prepared to do everything we can to prevent them. i am proposing a targeted the mental help fund. i ask you to approve $5 million for specific adult and child crisis services and an additional $1 million for children's mental health services. i am opposing $750,000 of the budget to assist in discharging individuals from state hospitals who are ready for that transition home in a safe way. i am sure you'll agree that caring for our fellow virginians who have help predict mental-health issues is an expression of who we are as a people and as society. i have established a task force that i have appointed today to review all security policies in effect in our schools and colleges, and to make recommendations to me by janua

is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> from dallas, texas the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> cenk: well, we all remember that historic day when walter cronkite announced that j.f.k. had been killed. there was gun violence in the past, we're still halted by similar gun violence today. i talked you to christopher lovered kennedy the nephew of j.f.k. and bobby kennedy the author of the book "recover to live, kick any habit manage any addiction." i talked to him about gun control and mental health. >> i think there are too many guns in this country. the proliferation of firearms leads to increased murder rates. there's no question about it. when countries limit guns, they are successful in bringing down gun violence. that is a fac

capital is limited. what is your single priority of the second term? what is the equivalent to healthcare? >> well, there are a couple of things that we need to get done. i've said that fixing our broken i will great system is a top priority -- our broken immigration system is a top priority. i will introduce legislation to get that done. we've talked about it long enough. we know how we can fix it. we can do it in a comprehensive way that the american people support. that's something we should get done. host: president obama on nbc december 30. how much of that, off and on -- fawn johnson, do you hear as a response to the election? guest: well, it's largely a response to the election, but keep in mind that the president made this particular priority before the election, which it's hard to say exactly what drove that. but one of the things that has been very clear throughout his first term is that the latinos who helped him get elected in 2008 were very upset that not very much happened over the course of obama's first term. he was very focused on healthcare. and i think the president gen

. despite the well-known fact that the u.s. spends far more on healthcare. >> peter: all of these talking points of people who come out and say we've got the best healthcare in this country. we do the best that we can for our people. turns out it might not be true. >> bill: it's not true. particularly for young americans. and that's what's really -- stunning. we have -- look at these countries and the countries included -- i saw a list of them here. canada japan australia france germany spain others, as you point out highly-developed high-income countries, united states has the highest infant mortality rate. >> peter: that, to me, is unbelievable. >> bill: among those countries. highest infant mortality rate and its young people have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. teen pregnancy and death from car crashes. so i mean you know, we pride ourselves on being the best in the world in every area. i mean when it comes down to health and we're spending more money than anybody else per capita, we're not. >> peter: i really truly don't get it. i don't get it. i'm thinking to mys

contraception requirements in the federal healthcare law. under the law, employers must cover contraceptive services for their employees free of charge. dozens of organizations, many of them faith-based, say that violates their beliefs. last week supreme court justice sonia sotomayor denied a request from the hobby lobby craft stores to be exempt from the mandate while their lawsuit proceeds. as of january 1st, the chain's evangelical owners face potential fines of more than a million dollars a day for failing to comply. >>> pope benedict xvi rang in the new year with a strong call for peace. he said peace is all too often threatened by what he called "the prevalence of a selfish and individualist mindset" that gets expressed in "unregulated capitalism, various forms of terrorism and criminality." he told people gathered in st. peter's basilica that, while 2012 saw much death and injustice, good does prevail. benedict also offered special prayers about the situation in syria. a new united nations' report says more than 60,000 people have died in syria's 22-month-old conflict. that number si

: california's healthcare exchange program is being called covered california. when it's eventually up and running , individuals, families and small businesses will be able to use covered california to purchase health insurance. >>> later this year, a covered california website will go online. a test version is scheduled to launch in june. the site will list the health provider plans, rates and coverage options that are available through the exchange there will also be 2 health savings account plans to choose from as well as information on medi-cal and other government run programs. the idea behind the exchange is to help people who might not otherwise be able to afford health insurance, get coverage. through the website, applicants will also learn if they are eligible for government subsidies to help pay for insurance people who don't qualify for a subsidy, or those who choose not to use covered california, will still be able to purchase coverage plans directly from insurance providers. now, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about covered california. exactly which health i

for courts, healthcare or social services. >>> back here in the bay area now, the investigation continues knows what caused an oil tanker to crash into the bay bridg this week. new pictures show the damage the tanker caused, more extensive than thought originally. damage is estimated between $2 million and $3 million. >>> an attorney for the pilot of the ship said speculation of pilot error is premature. in a statement, he says, "there are many potential causes such as mechanical failure, faulty navigational devices, unpredictable fog conditions and other possible sources." >>> coming up next, a family of killer whales trapped in the ice in canada finds freedom. how they finally got out of the arctic trap. >> and the flu epidemic is spreading. how much it's expected to cost american employers when the season is finally over. >> plus, it was supposed to be the best time of her life. what changed the performer's plans twice and made her this week's jefferson award winner. the stage as peter pan. and both changed the life >>> one man is a fan of the opera th

on healthcare during the recession from 2007 to 2009. researchers from the you ever of maryland said during the economic downturn people didn't visit doctor offices and cut back on filling prescriptions. >>> children should get at least an hour of physical activity a day and spend less than two hours in front of tv or computer. new study shows fewer than 4 in 10 children meet both recommendations. researchers reviewed data from more than 1200 children and found the older the children get, the less active they become. >>> well, mcdonald's is embracing its nickname in australia. you might call it mickey d's but in australia they call [ indiscernible ] now 13 restaurants down under are going with that idea. the signs are coming down and putting up new signs that say maccas. it coincides with australia day on the 26th of the month and the signs may be switched back but with an australian accent how would you say that? >> i'm not sure. >> we'll get lawrence in on this. >> it's cool. >> mcdonald's is embracing it. >>> 4:52. get to you in a minute, lawrence.

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compensation whether it is through healthcare dollars or the conversation about maintenance and equipment. you never hear about our reliance on the contractors and how that has become commonplace in the new normal for the defense establishment. i would like your thoughts on that. >> i am ignorant of the relevant issues. i would like to see what studies there are that get an answer to how much of the trend to contracting out has saved money and how much it has not because it is a mix. the answer is important because the trend has gone far, probably too far. >> an anecdote in support of that -- a former colleague of mine who ended up in charge of the training command in afghanistan said contractors would not do what is not in the contract. there is no substitute for a volunteer soldier or marine who will do whatever the job takes. whatever danger or risk is involved. there is some routine civilian type functions that would be better performed by civilians and contractors. we are trying to get contractors in the compaq zone -- combat zone would suggest we have gone too far. >> while we typically

your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> cenk: all right, we're back. we've got michael shure here, our political correspondent. we're going to talk about guns. anna kasparian is here. i call her casper the friendly ghost, i also call her ak47. she fires back. >> nobody calls her that. >> cenk: i used to all the time. >> back in the day. >> cenk: yeah. >> today, the vice president and his gun prevention task force met, this time with the n.r.a. the n.r.a., the national rifle association, opposed to any kind of restrictions. the vice president has said we're going to have to work both sides of this argument. here is what he said after meeting with the n.r.a. today. >> even if what we do only saves one life, it makes sense. i think we can do a great deal about it anyway, imposing on or impinging on the rights of the second amendment. that's what this is about. >

of healthcare professionals saying the things you say especially those who worked in emergency rooms. i have to ask, what kind of response do you get from some of your fellow arizonans when you publicly call for a change in our gun laws? >> well, you know, arizona is still a little bit of a hicktown here, you know. we grew up in the time of tombstone and such. and there are a lot of gun owners here. and i have very many friends that are gun owners. they hide behind the second amendment rights and i think that people, responsible people should have a right to own a gun to protect their property. but there is absolutely nothing that i can pull out of the second amendment that says that people should be allowed to have semi-automatic weapons, that can massacre massive amounts of people in seconds. it took 17 seconds for the shooter at the congress on your corner to empty his 30-round magazine. a bullet, every single one of those bullets hit a person. and president of the nra says the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. well that isn't through at all. 17 seconds

in general, but certainly policymakers. i am just a single-minded about comprehensive health-care reform. i know is not particularly popular in west virginia, but it's ok. because of my fingerprints are all over it, i know is good and i know it will benefit west virginia more than any other state. it is so incredibly complex, not just the 17% of gdp has people like to say, but it is so complex and involved and interests of people, nuances that we just had to do something about it. everybody talked about it, nobody had done anything about it. i worked with the pepper commission is for two years, we rode a perfect long-term care policy and acute care policy and it was dead on arrival. i worked hard for the clinton health care bill, and it did not make it. this one came along, and i was determined to help make it happen. for the simple reason that should be a right and not a privilege. the affordable health care act is the way the 32 million americans in more than 300,000 of west virginians will be able to afford health insurance, truth, honesty, and we did not have the money to do it all, by

of healthcare workers for a new union entirely of workers in the health sector. both unions have waged strikes against kaiser in the last two years. the move is expected to stoke tensions with the two million- member service employees international union, with plans already in place to recruit the seiu's kaiser permanente workers in california. the seiu defeated the any h.w. in a bitterly contested vote among kaiser permanente california workers in 2011, but the national labor relations board called for an election after finding that the seiu had colluded with kaiser permanente to influence the outcome. then the tories 10 supermax prison in illinois is officially closed its doors on the transfer of the last of its prisoners. prisoner advocates and della members led a campaign for the shuttering of the prison citing harsh conditions that included the use of long-term solitary confinement for a decade or longer. illinois governor announced its closure last year citing budgetary concerns. the american civil liberties union's national prison project praised the closure saying -- those are some of

idea they abandoned just like they abandoned their healthcare initiative. the individual mandate was something that nixon came out with. basically, the formula is -- republican idea and obama says that's a great idea, suddenly it is no longer a good idea when you're a republican. >> exactly. if it comes out of the president's mouth chances are it is a nonstarter among a certain segment. remember, we had a convention not too long ago in tampa where president obama was actually mocked by the republican nominee, mitt romney, for suggesting that he would do something about the rising temperatures and rising oceans. i think it is incumbent upon president obama to do something. i think he will do something. will it be a sweeping change? i highly doubt that because not only do you have a core segment of the republican coalition that's dead set against this but you also have several oil state democrats, mary landrieu comes to mind. joe manchin of west virginia, who would be dead set against any kind of cap and trade. any kind of carbon tax. anything that they think would cost them jobs a

has healthcare providers scrambling to restock and people afraid of the flu scrambling to get protection wherever they can. the doctors at metropolitan pediatrics in rockville started seeing cases of the flu in october and they just keep coming. >> we've had probably 20 or 25 cases the past two weeks. >> reporter: now they're out of flu vaccine. >> we ordered about 12 or 1,300 doses expecting it was going to be a rough year since last year was so mild and we ran out just about a week ago. >> reporter: and they're not alone. this early onset of the flu has caused a run on the vaccine at d.c. area doctor's offices and pharmacies including the pediatric veriage on massachusetts avenue. the office -- village on massachusetts avenue. the office manager said they won't have any until monday. that's why little nima and his mom ended up inside the cvs pharmacy inside of tenleytown. >> we called his pediatrician and they ran out of the vaccine. >> reporter: the cvs pharmacy itself is out of the vaccine, but the clinic tucked inside the store still has come available, good news for p

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for obamacare was skyrocketing healthcare costs. today there's news many health insurers are raising rates by double digits. >> sheers the rates. increased from california, for just the state of cal, aetna, 22% increase. anthem blue cross, 26% increase. blue shield of cal, 20% increase. where are the rate cuts? >> does this surprise anybody? the second he regulates, the price rises. when you require gas stations to sell ethanol, food prices rise as corn growers take stock to ethanol. it becomes more expensive. the more you regulate, the more expensive it comes. >> why was the president able to sell obamacare in part on the idea we must do something -- >> he didn't sell it to me. >> healthcare costs were rising, that was a fact. and so his argument was we need to do something about and this universal healthcare is one of the things we should do to stop that. >> was he referring to the federal government's stake, the cbo numbers and something he could hang his hat on. >> when you require health insurers to cover procedures, whether people want to buy the coverage, lie hair transplants, viagr

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priority of the second term? what is the equivalent to healthcare? >> well, there are a couple of things that we need to get done. i've said that fixing our broken i will great system is a top priority -- our broken immigration system is a top priority. i will introduce legislation to get that done. we've talked about it long enough. we know how we can fix it. we can do it in a comprehensive way that the american people support. that's something we should get done. host: president obama on nbc december 30. how much of that, off and on -- fawn johnson, do you hear as a response to the election? guest: well, it's largely a response to the election, but keep in mind that the president made this particular priority before the election, which it's hard to say exactly what drove that. but one of the things that has been very clear throughout his first term is that the latinos who helped him get elected in 2008 were very upset that not very much happened over the course of obama's first term. he was very focused on healthcare. and i think the president genuinely wants to deal with this issue. e

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